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FINGER RING.

No. 293,874. Patented Feb. 19, 1884.

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HEINRICH HENRIOH, OF EW YORK, N. Y.

FINGER-RING."

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,874, dated February 19,v 1884.

Application filed November 3, 1283. N0 1110(161.)

To aid whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HEINRICH HENRIOH, of the city of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Finger-Rings, of which the following is a-full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accomthe wearer.

Figure 1 is an enlarged edge View, partly in section, of a finger-ring containing my invention. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. 3, 4., 5, and 6 are enlarged views in detail of the devices and their arrangement, by whichI secure the adjustability of the length of the band of the ring and fasten the same to the head or crown, as will appear in the descrip tion.

B is the head or crown piece, which may be constructed to constitute the setting of a stone in the usual way. This head or crown is extended laterally on each' side, forming wings or lugs b b, as shown. These lugs are recessed inwardly from their outer. ends, as shown-in Fig. 1, and these recesses e e are adapted to receive the extremities of the segment A of the hoop or finger band. One end ofsaid segment is firmly secured in its seat, in its recess e in one of the wings I), by a'screw or rivet passed transversely through the lug and the band, as seen in dotted lines in Fig. 1, or in any other suitable way; or the segment A may be integrally whole at one end with one of said wings b, and be an extension thereof. The free opposite end of the segment A is bifurcated or forked, as seen plainly at'ain Fig. 6. An orifice, b", is formed transversely through the wing b of the head, as seen in Figs. 1 and 3. This orifice is of somewhat greater diameter in the direction across the wing or lug, as seen plainly in Fig. 4.

G is .a sectional sleeve, adapted to be seated in the orifice b and of an exterior diameter substantially equal 'to the short diameter of said orifice. One of the halves of this sleeve Figs.

is seen in Fig. 5, and it is shown seated in the orifice If in Figs. 3 and 4. The side or wallof each half of the sleeve is'cut away or recessed on the exterior, as shown at c, to receive and fit upon the opposite inner edges of the sides (1 cl of the forked end of the segment A, as plainly seen in Figs. 3 and 4. The interior of the sleeve is threaded to receive the short :screw D,- and this screw has the conic-allyshaped head d and the sleeve has at its outer end a conical countersink, c, to receive and fit the screw-head.

The described devices operate as follows: The sleeve 0 being seated in the orifice t in the wing b, and the forked end of the band being slipped into place in the recess 6 in said wing, thesleeve is, by the engagementof the edges of the fork of the segment A in its side recesses, c, prevented from escaping from said orifice, although said sleeve is free to move in the orifice, and the forked end of A is also free to be moved longitudinally in the recess e. WVhen the screw D is introduced into said sleeve and turned down tight in its place, its head (I operates to spread the split sleeve in the orifice b in the direction across the wing from edge to edge and the sleeve bearing against the inner edges of the sides cl cl of the forked end of segment A. This sidewise press ure binds the said forked end tightly in 0011' tact with the head or crown B and holds it in the desired position in which it is adjusted. When it is desired to lengthen or shorten the segment A, the screw D is turned back slightly in its seat, thus relieving the sidewise press.

ure, and the segment A may be drawn more out of or carried farther into. the recess 0, and the screw being turned down again the parts are secured together. By means of these described devices the segmentA may be readily and quickly adjusted to fit a finger, as desired,

without the necessity of cutting or stretching the band or in any way mutilating the ring.

It is obvious that both ends of the segment A may be forked, and that the devices described for making one end adjustable in the head may be applied to both ends, and the segment be thus capable of longitudinal adjust ment at either or both ends.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is.

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In a1ingcr-ring,tl1e combination of thehead head, (1", all constructed and arranged to op- B, having the described recessed Wing 11, procrate as and for the purpose described. vided with orifice b the segment A of the fin- Y 3 w l f ger-band forked at oiie end, the sectional sleeve i HEIA LICK In HIGH 5 G, having exterior recesses, c, andau interior Vitnesses:

female screw-thread with conical countersink A. G. N. VERMILYA, c", and the screw 1), having a conical-shaped l A. S. FITCH. 

